The purpose of this research was to establish the relation between the types of
facial trauma skull and jaw fracture rate in patients treated in the ICU - Surgery
Regional Hospital of Loreto Felipe Arriola Iglesias. The research was quantitative,
the design was not experimental, transversal, correlational retrospective,the
sample consisted of 146 medical records of patients treated in the ICU - Surgery
Regional Hospital of Loreto Felipe Arriola Iglesias; a tab of collecting data on
trauma and jaw fractures was used.
The most important results were: The highest percentage of trauma patients were
male sex (70.5%). The average age of patients was 35, 41 + 17.23 years. The
highest percentage of patients had mild Glasgow (84.2%), followed by moderate
(13.7%), and severe (2.1%). The highest percentage of patients were from Iquitos
(54.8%), Punchana (21.2%), San Juan (10.3%), Bethlehem (1.4%), and other
locations (12.3). The lowest percentage of trauma patients had fracture (29.5%).
The highest percentage of fractures was the middle third (55.8%), followed by the
upper third (30.2%) and lower third (14%). 15:00 was the most common time of
injuries (9.6%). The most frequent trauma was traffic accident (56.8%), followed by
falls (15.8), personal attacks (6.8%), assault with objects and gun (4.8%) and
others (11%). The highest percentage of trauma patients received medical
treatment (93.2%) and only (6.8%) received surgical treatment. Traffic accidents
was the type of injury with the highest percentage of fractures (17.8%), followed by
firearm projectile (4.1%), personal attacks (2.7%), assaults with objects (0,7%), falls
(0.7%), and others (3.4%). There is no relationship between the presence of
fracture and sex. There is no relationship between sex and type of trauma. There is
no relationship between the type of injury and Glasgow patient. Medical treatment
was the most prevalent in all types of trauma. There is no relationship between the
type of trauma and the presence of fracture.